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JAMES GEORGE BRADLEY, OE ALLEGHENY, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PENNSYL- VANIA. l

FRUIT-GATHERER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,947, dated January 8, 1889.

Application iiled March 2, 1888.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES GEORGE BRAD- LEY, a citizen ol' the United States, residing at Allegheny township, in the county of Cambria and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Gatherers, of which the following' is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fruit-gatlierers and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the ap-A pended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the device attached to a fruit-tree. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view ci' the hoop .C and attachments.

Referring particularly to the drawings by letter, B designates a central conical portion of the fruit-gatherer, made ot' canvas, buttoned at its meeting edges l), and A designates an outer liaring portion extending from the base of the conical portion and buttoned on its meeting edges (L, which are alinged with the edges l) of the conical portion.

C is a wire hoop having' its ends c c hooked together and lying in a stitched fold, c2, ot' the canvas, which fold is circular and at the base of the central cone-shaped portion, B.

D D are wires, preferably four in number, which extend radially inward from the hoop C, to which they are swung, and have their inner ends, d, bent downward and looped to receive the strap d', which surrounds the trunk of the tree below the canvas, and is secured thereon by a buckle, d2. The said strap holds the lower edge of the conical part B of the canvas down, as seen in Fig. 2.

E is a strap stitched in a fold, e, at the central portion of the canvas and at the apex of the conical portion B. The said strap is provided with a buckle, e, by which it is secured on the tree as high u p as convenient, so that the conical portion hangs taut and vertical around the tree-trunk.

The lower surface of the canvas has secured to it adjacent to the edge of the outer laring portion, at proper intervals apart, the plates f ofthe socket-pieces F, in which tit tightly the tops of the stakes G, the lower points, g, of which are shod with iron and thrust in the Serial No. 265,905. (No model.)

ground at suitable distances apart to keep the canvas tight. The said stakes form the supports for the outer flaring portions and are from eight to ten feet long, so that the canvas inclines downward Vfrom its edge to lthe lower edge of the conical part B.

H H are brace-cords attached at their upper ends to the plates of the socket-pieces E, and having the pins h 7L attached to their free ends, which pins are driven into the ground.

The stakes may be set at any angle in the ground so as to keep the canvas in ahorizontal position, even when the trees are situated on a hillside, and the pins 7L and brace-cords H will stay the stakes at whatever angle they may be placed.

I I are fruit-sacks secured by the hooks t or otherwise to depending folds 'i' of the canvas, which 'folds surround the openings i?, adjacent to the base of the central cone-shaped portion of the canvas. The sacks hence depend from the lowest part ot' the canvas, to which all the fruit falling will roll. By the use of the described device hand-picking, which is very tedious and laborious, is done away with.

The fruit, upon the trees being shaken, drops upon the canvas at various points and rolls down to the circular hollow around the base of the cone-shaped portion, whence it falls into the sacks or bags. \Vhen one sack is filled, it can be unhooked and replaced by an empty one.

Having described my invention, I claiml. In a fruit-gatherer, the combination of the canvas having the central conical portion and the outer Haring portion extending from the base of the conical portion, the wire hoop at the base of the conical portion with its e'ilds hooked together,the radial wires swung to said hoop and having their inner ends looped, the strap d', held in the loops, buckle d2, the strap E, stitched in a fold at the upper end of the central conical portion, and supports for the outer edge of the flaring portion, as set forth.

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